First printed in 1982, this is the third and final volume to be published as a result of the British Academy Major Research Project on the Early History of Agriculture.

1. Philosophy and basic principles; 2. Territories and mobility; 3. Palaeoeconomic perspectives; 4. Coasts, lakes, and littorals; 5. The Lowlands; 6. The uplands; 7. The megaliths: a problem in palaeoethology.